It’s pretty cool to see today that MG Siegler (@parislemon) who most of us know as a writer on TechCrunch, has decided to make a career move toward venture capital by joining Michael Arrington’s CrunchFund. I think its great for MG and great for the future startups he will invest Continue Reading
The rumors are true, I wrapped the Twilio Conference last week and I’m off to London today for an extended business trip to explore the technology market in the UK and beyond. Â I hired Twilio’s first international employee — the incomparable Stevie Graham — over a month ago, and now Continue Reading
I’m trying something new, hosting real-life in person office hours for 2 hours on Sundays that I am in town. Â Our next meetup is today, in about an hour at my favorite cafe: L’Acajou Bakery and Cafe at 9th and Bryant. Â Anyone is welcome to drop by, and we’ll either Continue Reading
For someone whose life revolves around the internet, you’d think I would update this website more regularly. Â I keep looking at that phone purse entry and thinking, “oh that wasn’t that long ago” when in fact that was May, and this is August. Â As usual, a ton has happened in Continue Reading
This incredible purse is a working telephone. Â Huge thank you to my friend Chris Bennett from Callyo for finding it and purchasing it on my behalf in St.Pete. This will be a conversation piece for the rest of my life! Â I’m also already thinking of how to mod it with Continue Reading
Yesterday at TechCrunch Disrupt Day #1 I didn’t “get” Do@, and I think this was mostly because I was put off by the graffiti branding. Â Not sure why, just a personal preference, but its amazing how powerful that first impression is. Â Then, I found out Cathy Brooks is leading marketing Continue Reading
Live TV : Ustream In less than an hour, teams from the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon will begin presenting their apps and they will have just 60 seconds each to make the judges (and audience) fall in love with what they’ve built. Â There are several outcomes to optimize for during your Continue Reading
Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap sweet disposition never too soon oh reckless abandon like no one’s watching you a moment, a love a dream, a laugh a kiss, a cry our rights, our wrongs a moment, a love a dream, a laugh a moment, a love a dream, a Continue Reading
I’m here at 500 Startups to hear Dave McClure, “founding partner and overlord” of the seed fund and incubator here.  As a mentor in residence advising a handful of these companies, I’m excited to see them on stage and showing off what they’ve been working on.  We’ve got  a packed Continue Reading
I’m addicted to Yobongo. I was just remembering an idea I pitched to the product team at Whrrl long ago about having a chat box at a place. Â My idea didn’t have the right ingredients, because it required critical mass at a specific place and we didn’t really have any Continue Reading